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Other Quotes by Thomas B. Macaulay
- To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed a crime, is not persecution.…
- Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which…
- She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
- History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the…
- No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circumstances which render all intercourse of courtesy between the combatants impossible. It is a bad thing…
- To carry the spirit of peace into war is a weak and cruel policy. When an extreme case calls for that remedy which is in…
- Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations…
- In order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel and red men…
- What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a…
- We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the character of this haughty, vigilant,…
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour